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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherScribner
ISBN-100743297334
ISBN-139780743297332
eBay Product ID (ePID)1429241
Product Key Features
Book TitleSun Also Rises : the Authorized Edition
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2006
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorErnest Hemingway
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight6.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"Some of the finest and most restrained writing that this generation has produced." -- New York World, "An absorbing, beautifully and tenderly absurd, heart-breaking narrative...It is a truly gripping story, told in lean, hard athletic prose...magnificent." -- The New York Times, "An absorbing, beautifully and tenderly absurd, heart-breaking narrative...It is a truly gripping story, told in lean, hard athletic prose...magnificent."-- "The New York Times", "Some of the finest and most restrained writing that this generation has produced."-- "New York World", "An absorbing, beautifully and tenderly absurd, heart-breaking narrative...It is a truly gripping story, told in lean, hard athletic prose...magnificent."--The New York Times
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.52
Edition DescriptionAnniversary
SynopsisThe quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. First published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises helped establish Hemingway as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century., Capturing the angst of the post-World War I generation, known as the Lost Generation, this poignantly beautiful story is now released in an 80th anniversary edition., Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Rises is Ernest Hemingway's first novel and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of Spain with a motley group of expatriates. In his first great literary masterpiece, Hemingway portrays an age of moral bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing illusions. "The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost." -- The Wall Street Journal